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Nancy is quick to tell any woman she meets to get a 3D mammogram every year. She has good reason since she credits 3D mammography for saving her breast and her life. Nancy grew up in Texas and later moved to Oklahoma, where she met her husband, Gary Belair. They have been married over 44 years. After a visit to the Village, they knew this is where they wanted to retire and made plans to build their dream home on Lake Maria. 

Two weeks before their move from Frisco,TX, Nancy went in for her final 3D mammogram. The news wasn’t what she wanted to hear. Nancy remembers feeling sick, and scared to death to find out she had breast cancer. The Doctor told her after the biopsy a regular mammogram would not have found the tumor for probably another three years and by then it would have been at least a stage three or four. She called her gynecologist who told her to proceed with their plans to move and if they could not find a local doctor to call him right away as he had a good surgeon in mind.

Gary and Nancy made the move and settled into a rental house to wait for their new house to be completed. Nancy was still on edge because she couldn’t find a doctor that would accept new patients late in the year. They called her doctor in Texas and he scheduled the surgery. On October 9th her surgeon, inserted a margin probe (used to differentiate normal from cancerous tissue) before performing a lumpectomy. In two days they headed back to HSV for Nancy to heal. She was told that she was Cancer free but needed 10 rounds of radiation. She would also need mediation for five years, 3D mammograms every six months for 5 years, and blood drawn to check my white blood cell count. They also checked the area for her and found CARTI in Little Rock, AR. CARTI is a wonderful hospital.

Three weeks later, they traveled back to Plano, TX and met with Nancy’s

oncologist, to discuss radiation options and decided on SAVI Brachy. This is a targeted, accelerated partial breast irradiation process which inserted radiation seeds through a catheter into the lumpectomy site twice a day for five days. Her Surgeon inserted the SAVI and Nancy returned to her oncologist’s hospital to begin radiation. She was checked after each treatment with a Geiger Counter to confirm that no radiation seeds remained in the catheter. At night Gary would prop pillows on both sides to avoid Nancy turning to keep the catheter in place so she could sleep. At the end of the week and10 radiation treatments later, the SAVI catheter was pulled out. Nancy was told she was cancer free. The healing process began.

The Belair’s moved into their new home in March 2018 and were enjoying retirement. Gary was getting involved in the Village and Nancy started doing volunteer work. She also continued her routine 3D mammograms at CARTI. At her February 2020 appointment, she was told they found something, and they would watch it. That something doubled in size by August 2020. They did a biopsy and confirmed it was another cancer but in a different location, same breast. Gary and Nancy headed back to Texas for Nancy’s second lumpectomy in October 2020. A margin probe confirmed the Cancer was in another area of her breast, not a reoccurrence. After healing, she started another course of radiationtwice a day for five days. She was told again she was cancer free. CARTI started her on Anastrozole as a preventative, and  gets 3D mammograms every 6 months for 5 years. Nancy was told “if the cancer comes back again, we will need to remove your breast”. Due to COVID-19, her appointments with her Oncologist every three months were via zoom. Nancy was finally released from his care in March 2021 with these words “go forth and enjoy life”. Nancy encourages all women to get a 3D Mammogram and don’t miss your annual checkups.

Nancy couldn’t have gotten through this without the support and care of her husband, Gary, and her faith in God. She said that “Cancer doesn’t just affect the person. It affects the family”. For the past several years Nancy has been a devoted member of the Cancer Walk Planning Committee, coordinating the silent auction and our sharing month with True Value Hardware. She continues her volunteer work at the Faith Fellowship Food Pantry as well, and supports husband Gary in his roles on the POA Board of Directors.   

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